Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-30 Thread Joel Davidson
To: RE-wrenches Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 10:04:10 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck Joel: I have looked on the Carlon web site and the only temperature rating listed is for minimum temperatures. Others had expressed this concern in that past.  The question arises as to how

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-30 Thread William Miller
Joel: I have looked on the Carlon web site and the only temperature rating listed is for minimum temperatures. Others had expressed this concern in that past. The question arises as to how hot is it under a PV array and at what rate does the temperature reduce as one moves away from the bac

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-26 Thread Joel Davidson
Hello William, Nice under-array wiring. Are you using 90 degrees C. flex? Best regards, Joel Davidson - Original Message - From: William Miller To: RE-wrenches Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck Dear DKC: Here is a

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-25 Thread Scott Crawford
All We do like these boxes, nice and clean. We always use cable gland out of the bottom. Our AHJ has no issues with them under array. Recently called Soladeck, they are looking at getting these listed for AC as well for Enphase use (so one could land AC inside.) Currently works well as a clean pa

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-25 Thread R Ray Walters
On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:34 AM, William Miller wrote: > At 11:21 PM 11/24/2009, you wrote: >> Ok William, I'll bite: what are your exclusive PV wire Transition Boxes? > > Ray: > > http://millersolar.com/practices/Technical_Procedures/PV_wiring/PV_wiring.html William; That's some of the cleanest

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-25 Thread Dave Click
ince they're designed for combiner boxes. http://www.heyco.com/products/sec_02/pdf/2-32.pdf Thanks all! Original Message ---- Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck From: Scott Knapp To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Date: 2009/11/24 22:16 Dave, As you've seen o

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-25 Thread Phil Undercuffler
ec_02/2-15.html Phil Undercuffler Conergy -- Forwarded message -- > From: "Hans Frederickson" > To: "'RE-wrenches'" > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:32:11 -0800 > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck > The "2-hole strain

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread William Miller
At 11:21 PM 11/24/2009, you wrote: Ok William, I'll bite: what are your exclusive PV wire Transition Boxes? Ray: http://millersolar.com/practices/Technical_Procedures/PV_wiring/PV_wiring.html Article 100, definition of accessible says: "capable of being exposed without damaging the bui

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread R Ray Walters
Ok William, I'll bite: what are your exclusive PV wire Transition Boxes? Your link showed some lovely EMT work, etc, but now I'm also curious about these transition boxes mentioned, but not pictured. Also, I've seen the same interpretation of "accessible" in Hawaii, that J boxes couldn't be und

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread William Miller
Dear DKC: Here is a link to one method: http://millersolar.com/practices/Technical_Procedures/Soladeck/Soladeck.html Do you have any photos of the installation where they laid the PV wires right on the foam? I'd love to add that to our Rogues Gallery: http://millersolar.com/Portfolio/rogue

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread Scott Knapp
Dave, As you've seen on our installs we always use one or more strain reliefs in the south end of the box. Including for the grounding conductor. We use the nylon ones from Sealcon. There is no way that the foam block and lid provide adequate strain relief. http://www.sealconusa.com/pr

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread Hans Frederickson
s to sell with the Soladeck. I haven't seen this from any of the suppliers however. Regards, -Hans From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Mick Abraham Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread Mick Abraham
I drill where the "dimples" are in the sheet metal, then punch for .5" trade size, then install one of the plastic two hole strain relief clamps as are available from AEEsolar and others. I feel that one must not rely on the foam lid gasket to sufficiently "clamp" the power leads. That just seems

Re: [RE-wrenches] wiring the Soladeck

2009-11-24 Thread matt
The Soladeck flashing definitely wants a suitable strain relief. The manufacturer actually included some when I last ordered this product. Someone was cutting corners. Regards, Matt Matthew Partymiller Solar Energy Solutions LLC (859) 312-7456 m...@solar-energy-solutions.com > Wrenches- > >